We sowed those seeds,
we watered those plants,
we made those fields green,
we made those fruits ripe.
And all you've done, is come back;
come back over and again,
like those weeds that eat into our lives;
those weeds we destroy.
After winning the FIRST prize in the state level "Dr. P.C ALEXANDER MEMORIAL Extempore Speech Competition 2014 ,English Junior Category along with winners from other categories .This photo was published in the first page of Malayala Manorama Daily on 12 th Jan 2014. Girl with red shirt is me!
Dear JNU, We are living in bizarre times,literally. Everybody's firing nationalism from all corners. You need to get certificates of nationalism to be proved that you're a "True Indian".Just criticizing the repressive apparatus makes you anti-national. Talking about the real issues that people face in India makes you anti-national. What is happening right now is too hard to even comprehend because this is against the very idea of India that our constitution talks about. What is really ironical in this situation is that people who actually strive to alleviate the many problems that we as a country face are called anti-national,while those who let lose fascism and endanger the ideals of our constitution, teach us what nationalism is.What I don't understand is why do they consider it a taboo when the woes of the people of the nation are raised?Why is it that they ...
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